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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = New Gitaldaha
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
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| address = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.03524|N|89.48884|E|display=inline,title}}
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| opened = 1900?
| closed = 1955–1960?
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| status = Line out of service
| former = [[Cooch Behar State Railway]]
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| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
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'''New Gitaldaha railway station''' is on the broad-gauge [[Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-alipurduar-bamanhat-passenger-55465/21260/449/7550| title = 55765 =>55465 Alipurduar – Bamunhat Passenger | work= Time Table| publisher = India Rail Info |access-date = 31 July 2020}}</ref>

'''Gitaldaha''' was a railway station and is a defunct rail transit point on the India–Bangladesh border in [[Cooch Behar district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. The corresponding point on the Bangladesh side is [[Mogalhat]] in [[Lalmonirhat District]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bangladesh/rajshahi-division/burimari | title = Introducing Burimari | publisher = Lonely Planet | access-date = 2011-12-10 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111221100220/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bangladesh/rajshahi-division/burimari | archive-date = 21 December 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-act/notifications/csnt63-94.htm |title=Notification No. 63/94-Cus. (N.T.) dtd 21/11/1994 with amendments - Land Customs Stations and Routes for import and export of goods by land or inland water ways |access-date=2012-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128165640/http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-act/notifications/csnt63-94.htm |archive-date=28 January 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Railway links==
{{OSM Location map
| width=370| height=320| zoom=10
| coord={{coord|26|4|0|N|89|40|40|E}}| float=left|caption=Places in the south-eastern portion of Dinhata subdivision in Cooch Behar district, western part of Dhubri district, northern part of Kurigram district and northern part of Lalmonirhat district, all linked with development of railways in the area<br/>CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, RS: railway station<br/>Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
|mark-coord1={{coord|26|4|14|N|89|35|10|E}}| label-pos1=left|label1= Bamanhat | numbered1=RS| mark-title1= [[Bamanhat railway station]] (RS)|label-color1= #800000 |label-size1=11| mark-size1=12|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1=#A42222 |shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2
|mark-coord2={{coord|26|2|6|N|89|29|19|E}}| label-pos2=right|label2=New Gitaldaha| numbered2=RS| mark-title2= [[New Gitaldaha railway station]] (RS)|shape-color2=black| label-size2=13|label-color2=black 
|mark-coord3={{coord|26|0|54|N|89|28|35|E}}| label-pos3=right|label3=Gitaldaha (old)| numbered3=RS| mark-title3= [[New Gitaldaha railway station|Gitaldha old]] (RS)
|mark-coord4={{coord|25|59|32|N|89|27|6|E}}| label-pos4=right|label4=Mogalhat| numbered4=RS| mark-title4= [[Mogalhat Railway Station]] (RS)
|mark-coord5={{coord|25|54|10|N|89|26|30|E}}| label-pos5=right|label5=Lalmonirhat| numbered5=RS| mark-title5= [[Lalmonirhat Railway Station]] (RS)
|mark-coord6={{coord|26|6|24|N|89|40|6|E}}| label-pos6=bottom|label6=Bhurungamari| numbered6=R| mark-title6= [[Bhurungamari Upazila]] (R)
|mark-coord7={{coord|26|6|17|N|89|46|52|E}}| label-pos7=top|label7=Sonahat| labela7= Land Port| numbered7=R| mark-title7= [[Sonahat]] (R)
|mark-coord8={{coord|26|6|29|N|89|50|40|E}}| label-pos8=right|label8= Golokganj| numbered8=RS| mark-title8= [[Golokganj railway station]] (R)
|mark-coord9={{coord|25|57|0|N|89|28|0|E}}|label9= Dharla River| label-color9 = #77A1CB| label-angle9=55| label-pos9=top| label-size9=10| mark-size9=0| mark-title9=none
|mark-coord10={{coord|26|6|0|N|89|43|0|E}}|label10= Dudhkumar| label-color10 = #77A1CB| label-angle10=65| label-pos10=top| label-size10=10| mark-size10=0| mark-title10=none
|mark-coord11={{coord|26|3|30|N|89|43|0|E}}|label11= River| label-color11 = #77A1CB| label-angle11=100| label-pos11=top| label-size11=10| mark-size11=0| mark-title11=none
|mark-coord12={{coord|26|12|0|N|89|49|0|E}}|label12= Gangadhar River| label-color12 = #77A1CB| label-angle12=95| label-pos12=top| label-size12=11| mark-size12=0| mark-title12=none
|mark-coord13={{coord|25|55|10|N|89|47|0|E}}|label13= Brahmaputra |labela13= River| label-color13 = #77A1CB| label-angle13=120| label-pos13=top| label-size13=10| mark-size13=0| mark-title13=none
|arc-coordA={{coord|26|5|0|N|89|53|0|E}}|arc-textA= ASSAM| arc-text-colorA=hard grey| arc-angleA=70| arc-gapA=6.5| arc-radiusA=0.35
|arc-coordB={{coord|26|9|30|N|89|29|0|E}}|arc-textB= WEST BENGAL| arc-text-colorB=hard grey| arc-angleB=-60| arc-gapB=3.5| arc-radiusB=0.4
|arc-coordC={{coord|25|56|0|N|89|33|0|E}}|arc-textC= BANGLADESH| arc-text-colorC=hard grey| arc-angleC=-25| arc-gapC=5.0| arc-radiusC=0.4}}

The area was agog with railway activity in the 19th–20th century. The Assam Behar State Railway linked [[Parbatipur railway station|Parbatipur]] to [[Katihar railway station|Katihar]], with a [[metre-gauge]] line in 1889. In the early 1900s, the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] extended railways to [[Lalmonirhat railway station|Lalmonirhat]], Gitaldaha (via [[Mogalhat Railway Station|Mogalhat]]), [[Bamanhat railway station|Bamanhat]], [[Golokganj railway station|Golokganj]] and other places, thereby connecting Assam to Katihar, in Bihar, via North Bengal. In 1901 [[Cooch Behar State Railway]] built the [[narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge]] line from Gitaldaha to [[Jayanti, Alipurduar|Jayanti]], near the Bhutan border. Shortly thereafter, the line was upgraded to meter gauge.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R. P. Saxena |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/history_book5.html| title = Royal History| work= page 5| publisher = Cooch Behar district authorities |access-date = 31 July 2020}}</ref>

The Lalmonirhat–Mogalhat–Gitaldaha route was functional when India and Pakistan agreed in 1955 for resumption of railway traffic between the two countries, and it included movement of cross traffic via Mogalhat through the Eastern Bengal Railway.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/7701/Agreement+on+Resumption+of+Rail+Traffic| title = Agreement on Resumption of Rail Traffic, 15 April 1955| publisher = Media Center, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India |access-date = 31 July 2020}}</ref>A portion of the bridge across the Dharla River at {{coord|26.00304|N|89.46934|E|}} was washed away by floods in 1988.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://tbsnews.net/panorama/snap-link-46851 | title = A Snap in the Link | work= Jebun Nesa Alo| publisher = The Business Standard, 22 February 2020 |access-date = 31 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thehindu.com/society/villages-without-borders/article19132524.ece | title = Villages without borders| author= Suvojit Bagchi| work=The Hindu|date=24 June 2017|access-date = 31 July 2020}}</ref>
{{Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line|collapse=y}}
{{Lalmonirhat–Geetaldaha line|collapse=y}}
{{Burimari–Lalmonirhat–Parbatipur line|collapse=y}}
Prior to the [[partition of India]], the prestigious [[Assam Mail]] used to travel from [[Santahar]] to [[Guwahati]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/fnrm3-fame-name.html |title = Trains of fame and locos with a name - Part 2| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-02-07 }}</ref>

The conversion of the 72 km-long [[Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line]] to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2007, and its subsequent recommissioning, had a station at New Gitaldaha.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | title = Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways | first = V.P. | last = Srivastava | access-date = 31 July 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330160317/http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | archive-date = 30 March 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

New Gitaldaha railway station serves [[Gitaldaha]] and the surrounding areas.

The map alongside presents the position as it stands today (2020). The international border was not there when the railways were first laid in the area in the 19th-20th century. It came up in 1947. Since then, it has been an effort to live up to the new realities. The map is 'interactive' (the larger version) - it means that all the places shown in the map are linked in the full screen map.

==References==
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{{Railways in Eastern India}}
{{Cooch Behar topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Cooch Behar district]]
[[Category:Defunct railway stations in India]]

New Gitaldaha railway station - Revision history

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